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AFI Announces 10th Anniversary Of
AFI¹s 100 YEARS...100 Movies
And The Launch Of Decade-To-Decade Program
CITIZEN KANE, CASABLANCA, THE GODFATHER, TITANIC and LORD OF THE RINGS
Among 400 Films to Vie For the Title of Greatest Movie of All Time
List Revealed Live During CBS Television Event in June
LOS ANGELES (January 18, 2007 - American Film Institute (AFI) today announced
the 10th annual installment of its Emmy Award-winning AFI¹s 100 Years
series. AFI¹s 100 Years 100 Movies 10th Anniversary Edition will count down
the 100 greatest movies of all time in a three-hour television event on CBS
in June 2007. The program will consider classic favorites and newly eligible
films released from 1996 to 2006. AFI will undertake this program every 10
years to mark changing cultural perspectives.
"AFI has created the most comprehensive and credible examination of
excellence in American film with the AFI¹s 100 Years... series" said AFI
President and CEO Jean Picker Firstenberg. "And, whether you agree with
these lists or not, they have sparked a 10-year conversation on what makes a
great movie and why. We are excited to ignite this conversation once again,
this year and every 10 to come. Let the debate begin!"
Today's announcement also marks the beginning of a national 'conversation'
with the public, conducted on the institute¹s website, AFI.com . Movie fans who register online and download the
official ballot of 400 films will be eligible to win a chance to attend the
AFI Life Achievement Award tribute to Al Pacino, as well as posters and
other AFI memorabilia.
Film enthusiasts will also be able to add their own voices to the online
conversation by naming their favorite movie of all time, and sharing the
reasons for their choices. A video gallery of stars' favorite movies, as
well as other interactive features, will also be added during the coming
months leading up to the June broadcast.
Since its inception, the AFI program has garnered considerable attention and
included AFI's 100 YearsŠ100 Movies (1998), 100 Stars (1999), 100 Laughs
(2000), 100 Thrills (2001), 100 Passions (2002), 100 Heroes & Villains
(2003), 100 Songs (2004), 100 Movie Quotes (2005) and 100 Cheers (2006).
For the 10th consecutive year, the primetime special will be executive
produced and directed by Gary Smith; executive produced for AFI by former
AFI Board Chair Emeritus Frederick S. Pierce; and produced by Dann Netter
and Bob Gazzale. SFM Entertainment LLC is the distributor of the program.
Past sponsors of the series have included AT&T, General Motors, Pepsi,
Johnson & Johnson, Best Buy, Anheuser-Busch, Colgate-Palmolive, Sony and all
major motion picture companies.
About the Jury Process:
Today, AFI distributed a ballot with 400 nominated movies to a jury of over
1,500 leaders from the creative community, including film artists
(directors, screenwriters, actors, editors, cinematographers), critics and
historians.
AFI asks jurors to consider the following criteria in their selection
process:
FEATURE-LENGTH FICTION FILM:
Narrative format, typically over 60 minutes in length.
AMERICAN FILM:
Motion picture with significant creative and/or production elements from the
United States.
CRITICAL RECOGNITION:
Formal commendation in print, television and digital media.
MAJOR AWARD WINNER:
Recognition from competitive events including awards from peer groups,
critics, guilds and major film festivals.
POPULARITY OVER TIME:
Including success at the box office, television and cable airings, and
DVD/VHS sales and rentals.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:
A film's mark on the history of the moving image through visionary narrative
devices, technical innovation or other groundbreaking achievements.
CULTURAL IMPACT:
A film's mark on American society in matters of style and substance.
AFI allows five write-in votes per ballot.
Interesting Facts About the Ballot:
·All of the 100 honored films from the original AFI¹s 100 Years...100 Movies
list appear on the ballot.
·Henry Fonda is the most represented male actor with 10 films. James Stewart
and Cary Grant each have nine, while Robert De Niro and Jack Nicholson have
eight.
·Katharine Hepburn is the most represented female actor with seven films.
Lillian Gish and Bette Davis each have five.
·1939 and 1942 are the most represented years with 11 films each.
·Alfred Hitchcock and William Wyler are the most represented directors with
10 films each. Steven Spielberg and Howard Hawks are represented with eight
films each, and Billy Wilder and George Stevens have seven.
·Ernst Lehman is the most represented screenwriter with six films.
·The ballot includes entries that span from Cecil B De Mille¹s THE CHEAT
from 1915, to CRASH, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK and HOTEL
RWANDA, all from 2005.
·About 11 percent of the ballot (44 films) comes from the last 10 years,
newly eligible since the original AFI's 100 Years100 Movies. These films
include, in chronological order: LA CONFIDENTIAL, GOOD WILL HUNTING,
TITANIC, AS GOOD AS IT GETS, AUSTIN POWERS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY,
BOOGIE NIGHTS, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, RUSHMORE, THE
MATRIX, FIGHT CLUB, THREE KINGS, THE SIXTH SENSE, THE INSIDER, THERE'S
SOMETHING ABOUT MARY, AMERICAN BEAUTY, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, REQUIEM FOR A
DREAM, GLADIATOR, TRAFFIC, ERIN BROCKOVICH, SHREK, MOULIN ROUGE!, MEMENTO,
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, A BEAUTIFUL MIND, THE
LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS, CHICAGO, THE HOURS, FINDING NEMO, MYSTIC
RIVER, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL, THE LORD OF
THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING, LOST IN TRANSLATION, SIDEWAYS, HARRY
POTTER AND THE PRIZONER OF AZKABAN, MILLION DOLLAR BABY, THE AVIATOR,
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, SPIDER-MAN 2, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN,
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK, CRASH and HOTEL RWANDA.
About the American Film Institute:
AFI celebrates its 40th Anniversary in 2007.
AFI is a national institute providing leadership in screen education and the
recognition and celebration of excellence in the art of film, television and
digital media. AFI trains the next generation of filmmakers at its
world-renowned Conservatory, maintains America's film heritage through the
AFI Catalog of Feature Films and explores new digital technologies in
entertainment and education through the AFI Digital Content Lab and K-12
Screen Education Center. As the largest nonprofit exhibitor in the US, AFI
ON SCREEN encompasses the annual AFI FEST presented by Audi: AFI Los Angeles
International Film Festival as well as year-round programming at ArcLight
Hollywood and the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring,
Maryland, including SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival.
AFI AWARDS, the annual almanac for the 21st century, honors the most
outstanding motion pictures and television programs of the year, while AFI's
100 Years . . . series has ignited extraordinary public interest in classic
American movies. And, during the past 34 years, AFI¹s Life Achievement Award
has become the highest honor for a career in film. Additional information
about AFI is available at AFI.com. |
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